Chapter 2: Whose Hand Killed the Deer (6)
6. Loss
After returning from Yun Ji's garden, Xiangbao has been lying on the ground in a daze, not even having the strength to lift an arm.
"Ma'am, it's time for dinner." On the side, Ziruo didn't know how many times she had reminded her.
Lazily lying on the couch for most of the day, Xiangbao still didn't want to move.
"Madame, eat as much as you want." Ziruo persuaded again.
Xiangbao glanced at Ziruo with some surprise, when did she care about her so much? Feeling her strange eyes, Ziruo blushed slightly, and bowed her head a little embarrassed. Seeing that Ziruo was so persistent, it seemed that if she didn't eat something, she wouldn't want to be quiet, and a little helplessly, Xiangbao nodded: "Okay." ”
Ziruo hurriedly turned around and went out to say hello.
Sitting at the low table, watching Ziruo take a plate of delicate snacks and dishes from the maid on the side, obviously they were all delicious, but I don't know why, Xiangbao suddenly felt a wave of nausea, stroked her chest, she couldn't help but bow her head and retch.
Probably because she hadn't eaten anything, she frowned and retched for a long time, and didn't vomit anything.
"Madame, what's wrong with you?" Ziruo was slightly flustered.
Xiangbao patted her hand a little weakly: "I'm fine." ”
"Are you really okay?" Ziruo looked at her worriedly.
Xiangbao raised his head and tried not to look at the greasy dishes and snacks on the table: "Well, it's okay, probably the sun is too much, and it's okay to take a rest." ”
When Ziruo heard this, her eyes became wet all of a sudden.
"Uh, what's wrong with you?" Xiangbao wondered.
"Ziruo used to treat Madame like that, but Madame ......" Ziruo bit her lip.
Xiangbao blinked, probably understood, and waved his hand: "It's nothing, you didn't really hurt me." ”
Ziruo stopped talking and helped Xiangbao back to the couch.
Xiangbao was lying on the couch, the feeling of nausea faded slightly, Xiangbao closed his eyes, but he couldn't sleep, and his head was full of Xi Shi's sad expression. Fan Li should send her back, or...... Can she be by his side as she wishes?
Now that she is in the Wu Palace, they no longer have any obstacles before. Imagining what they looked like together, Xiangbao slowly raised her hand and touched her heart. She couldn't even feel the sadness.
Why? Is her heart dead? Because the heart is dead, there will be no more resentment, no more sorrow?
I felt that someone opened the curtain and walked in, Xiangbao didn't turn around, who else could walk into her room like that, except for Wu Wangfucha? There was a "squirming" behind him, Xiangbao closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, without looking back.
After a while, someone climbed onto her bed and lay down beside her. Feeling him reach out and hug her from behind, she still didn't move. His hand was also at peace, but he kept holding her. Leaning on his arms, Xiangbao gradually became sleepy.
When she woke up the next day, it was already three poles of the sun, and the sun was shining on her buttocks.
I don't know when I left. Xiangbao lay on the couch for a while until Ziruo came in and called her to get up.
"Ma'am, it's time to wash."
Xiangbao sat in front of the bronze mirror and looked at Ziruo with a strange expression, Ziruo actually helped her comb her hair with her own hands, it was really the sun coming out of the west.
"Is that good, ma'am?" Ziruo smiled and said.
Xiangbao looked at himself in the mirror and had to say that Ziruo's skills were good. Squinted her eyes and looked at it, but the figure behind her gradually blurred a little, as if the person standing behind her ...... It was Fan Li, as if he had returned to that day, the day before he set out.
Suddenly dizzy, Xiangbao came back to his senses suddenly, and Fan Li's shadow immediately disappeared, leaving only Ziruo behind him who was full of worry and panic.
"Madame, what's wrong with you?"
"Nothing, just the chest...... It's a little stuffy. Xiangbao muttered, and suddenly felt the world spin for a while, and he lost consciousness.
"Madame! Madam! Ziruo panicked, "Come on!" Madame fainted! Come on......"
When the news of Mrs. Xi Shi's fainting reached the husband's study, the husband left Wu Xiangguo, who was blowing his beard and staring, and went straight to the Drunken Moon Pavilion.
"Joy?" The husband turned his head sideways and looked at Xiangbao, who was lying on the couch and breathing evenly.
"Yes, congratulations to the King." The old doctor lay on the ground trembling and said.
The husband looked at Xiangbao's flat abdomen, his eyes were faint, and he couldn't see joy, and even had some coldness. He slowly walked over to Xiangbao and sat down, his slightly cool hand caressing her abdomen through the thin quilt.
Xiangbao subconsciously trembled slightly, and the darkness struck, and she fell again.
"Madame is not well, you go and boil some medicine." In the middle of the night, he said in a low voice.
"Yes." Someone took the order and left.
After a while, a bowl of black medicinal juice was delivered to the husband, and he reached out to help Xiangbao up, half-hugged it in his arms, and scooped a spoonful to her lips.
"Well, open your mouth." He whispered in her ear to seduce.
The unconscious woman frowned slightly, instinctively rejecting the potion, and the black potion, dripped down the corners of her slightly pale lips.
Wiping the potion from her lips with a handkerchief, he lowered his head and took a sip, then leaned in to her and kissed her on the lips. The bitter liquid flowed between his lips and teeth, and he coaxed, little by little, he sent the decoction into her mouth. He took one bite at a time and poured all the medicine into her mouth until there was not a drop left in the bowl.
"Go out, all of you, and wait outside, and let no one leave without my command." Putting down the medicine bowl, he said lightly.
Several physicians hurriedly retreated outside the curtain.
The room was quiet, except for the faint sound of her breathing. She fell asleep peacefully in his arms. He looked down at her sleeping face. The woman in his arms moved slightly, and he noticed: "Awake? ”
Xiangbao opened his eyes and saw his husband, and he was a little puzzled: "You...... I ......" opened her mouth, and she frowned: "My mouth is so bitter." ”
"The doctor said you were weak and fed you medicine." He casually picked up the water from the side and brought it to her lips, "Just rinse your mouth." ”
Xiangbao rinsed his mouth with his hand, only to feel that the heavy bitter taste in his mouth had dissipated a little.
"You...... How did it end up here? Seeing himself leaning on his arms, Xiangbao moved a little uncomfortably, and wanted to stand up, but he didn't get his wish.
He pulled her to sit in his arms, raised his hand to pull the strands of hair scattered on her forehead behind her ears, and gently rubbed the tip of her nose with the tip of his nose: "What do you say?" ”
Her pale cheeks were stained crimson, and Xiangbao lowered her eyes and struggled.
"Don't move." He muttered softly.
Xiangbao bit her lip: "That Shih Tzu ......"
He suddenly lowered his head and bit her lip, Xiangbao's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe that he was actually ...... in broad daylight
"The widow remembers saying......" he licked her lips, "the widow doesn't care who you are, you just have to stay with the widow." ”
His cheeks were like fire, and Xiangbao's heart suddenly became steady.
"Hmm......" she whispered suddenly.
He paused and put his arm on her shoulder: "What's wrong?" ”
"Belly...... It hurts......" She frowned, clasped her hands on her stomach, and the blood on her face faded at once.
"Someone!" The husband hugged her and shouted.
The doctor, who had been waiting outside the curtain, rushed in.
"It hurts...... Xiangbao pressed her stomach, feeling something twisting in her abdomen, as if she was going to wring a ball of flesh from her.
It hurts......
It hurts......
Why, why does it hurt so much......
She gritted her teeth, desperately holding back the intense pain, struggling to push her husband away, trying to curl up as much as she could, as if that would stop the pain that was about to be uncontrollable......
The husband hugged her tightly, and his face was very ugly.
Several doctors present were so frightened that they wiped their sweat frequently, and the king, who had always been moody, actually had such an expression.
"Are you all dead?" The gloomy sound added a chill to the hot weather.
The doctors looked at each other, wanting to cry without tears, so they had to pretend to be busy. At this time, who can help her, no matter how big the pain is, she can only endure it herself. It's just that this kind of thing, who dares to say it, unless it's tired of it.
Sweat soaked the thin shirt on his body, and a faint bloodshot bit out from the corners of his lips, and Xiangbao's face became more and more difficult to look at.
"Get out! Get out of here! Call the Yue Nu! The husband raised his voice and shouted.
The doctors immediately scattered.
The red blood stained the white clothes, and Xiangbao finally couldn't help but scream.
Seems...... Something stripped her body.
It hurts......
When Yue Nu hurried to the Drunken Moon Pavilion, Xiangbao was half-leaning on the couch, her eyes were slightly closed, and her face was pale, as if she was extremely tired. Her black hair was drenched with sweat and stuck to her forehead, and her husband was reaching out to pull it away for her.
"The king ......" took her pulse, and the Yue Nu was slightly shocked, "She is ...... Abortion? ”
"Miscarriage?" A very faint voice sounded, and Xiangbao opened her eyes and looked at Yue Nu.
Yue Nu was surprised: "You don't know that you are pregnant?" ”
Xiangbao raised his hand in a daze and stroked his flat abdomen: "Pregnant? You mean......" She stroked her belly in amazement...... Have a small child?
"Well, you're already weak, what did you do to cause a miscarriage?" Yue Nu frowned.
"Miscarriage?" Xiangbao hasn't come back to his senses yet, "You mean...... The child is gone? ”
She looked down and stared blankly at her stomach. Before she knew it, there was a child there. By the time she knew it, she had already lost that child.
"Sister, I heard that you are happy?"
"Lady Yun Ji......" Zi Ruo wanted to stop it, but Yun Ji had already broken in.
Seeing her husband in the room, Yun Ji was stunned for a moment: "The king? ”
"Madame is well informed." The husband tugged at the corners of his lips.
"The concubine listened to the doctors in the palace......" Yun Ji hurriedly explained.
"Said that Mrs. Xi Shi had a miscarriage, so Mrs. Yun Ji you came to visit in a hurry?" Yue Nu stood aside and spoke lightly.
"What do you mean by that?" Yun Ji's face turned pale and said angrily.
"I heard that Mrs. Xi Shi once sat in Mrs. Yunji's garden, so it's no wonder that the weather is so hot, it's no wonder ......"
"You're spewing blood!" Yun Ji was angry and anxious, frightened and afraid.
Xiangbao was still sitting on the couch, staring down at her stomach, looking dazed, as if all the quarrels could not reach her ears.
The husband looked at Xiangbao, then looked away, and said lightly: "This is what the widow has seen with his own eyes." ”
"King!" Yun Ji hurriedly knelt down, "Yun Ji didn't know that Xi Shi was pregnant...... Even if, even if...... That's also an unintentional mistake! ”
"Oh." The husband glanced at her, "It's good if you admit it." ”
"Admit it?" Yun Ji was stunned.
"Admitting it is an unintentional mistake."
"The King's ......"
"However, an unintentional loss is also a loss." He spoke faintly, not looking at her again.
Yun Ji was placed under house arrest in her garden, and when she heard that she wailed and cried every day, Wu Zixu also made many remarks, but her husband was unmoved.
"What is Madame thinking?" A very soft voice rang in her ears, and the warm breath tickled her ears.
Xiangbao looked sideways at him, very close to him, eyes to his eyes, nose to nose.
"Why, do you say, what will that child be like?"
She suddenly spoke, and her husband was stunned.
"Boy, you say, or girl?" She asked again.
The husband pursed his lips slightly, and stretched out his hand to hug her into his arms: "Don't think nonsense, take a good rest." ”
Xiangbao obediently closed her eyes.
"Why do you sweat so much?" He stroked her forehead and stroked the sweat from his hand.
"Maybe it's too hot."
"Oh?" The husband held her shoulder, "Don't you need to let the doctor take a look?" ”
"No, I don't."
"It's okay if it's fine." He pulled her back into his arms and said in a low voice, "Does Madame know Shi Lian?" ”
Shi Lian? What happened to him? Xiangbao was shocked in his heart, could it be that the assassination was discovered?
"He has surrendered." The husband raised his lips, and his dark eyes were bottomless.
Shi Lian's surrender? Xiangbao's heart jumped suddenly.
"My lord, Mrs. Huamei has come to visit Madame." Ziruo's voice sounded outside the curtain at the right time.
"Do you want to see you?" The husband looked down at the woman in his arms.
Xiangbao nodded.
The husband helped her to sit down: "I'll come to see you later." ”
Hua Mei and Linglong, who were standing at the door, saw their husbands walking out of Xiangbao's room, and hurriedly bowed their heads and saluted. The husband almost nodded, and strode sideways.
"Shih Tzu, how are you?" As soon as the husband left, Hua Mei hurriedly opened the curtain and walked in.
Xiangbao moved, and Ziruo hurriedly stepped forward to help her.
"I'm fine." Tearing open her chapped lips, Xiangbao smiled.
"You...... Really pregnant with the king's child? Hua Mei bit her lip, hesitated for a long time, and finally spoke.
Hearing this, Xiangbao was slightly stunned.
"Mrs. Hua, my wife has just had a miscarriage and is very weak." Ziruo said busily.
Frowning slightly, Xiangbao didn't speak, just looked at Hua Mei in a trance.
"Good news then, I'll come back to see you when you're better." His expression softened a little, Hua Mei said softly, and finally led Linglong away.
Following Hua Mei's side, Linglong suddenly turned her head and glanced at Xiangbao again, her eyes were full of jealousy and unwillingness. Watching them leave, Xiangbao still sat on the couch in a daze. Hua Mei She ...... It's to remind her, to remind her not to forget who she is, not to forget her mission.
This child, even if there is no miscarriage, they will definitely not be able to tolerate it.
"Ma'am, are you alright?" Seeing that her face was in a trance, Ziruo was a little worried.
Xiangbao shook his head, suddenly feeling very tired, closed his eyes and stopped talking.